Flier for spinning machinery.



No. 629,07l. I Patented July I8, I899. J. 6000.

FLIER FOB SPINNING MACHINERY.

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No. 629,07l. Patellted July l8, I899. J. 6001].

FLIER FOR SPIININGIACHINERY.

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UNITE STATES] PATENT. drrich i 7 JOHN soon, on NEW YORIQN. Y.

FLlER FOR SPINNING M CHINERY;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,071, dated July 18, 1899i Application filed July 16 1898. Serial No. 686,167. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN GOOD, a citizen of the United States, anda resident'of New York, (Far Rockaway,) in the county'of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fliers for Spinning and the Manufacture of Cordage, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to all such fliers for the spinning of twine and rope yarns and for other operations in the manufacture of cordage as are provided with attached capstans for the drawing thereinto'of the sliver to be spun or the yarns to be twisted together.

The object of the improvement is to so apply the capstan to the flier and to so provide for driving it as to reduce the amount of centrifugal force developed in its rotation and to reduce its wear and, the wear of its immediately-associated parts.

To these ends the improvement consists principally in the placing of the capstan upon the flier concentric therewith, so that the axis of the one is coincident'with the axis of the other; and, it further consists in the combinations hereinafter described and claimed, in

which the so-placed capstan'is an essential element. 7 I

For the purpose of explaining the inven tion it is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as applied to a spinning-machine of the jenny type, thatkind of machine serving as well as any'other for that purpose.

Figure l'is a side elevation'of such parts of the machine as are necessary for the explanation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal view, partly in section, of the flier-journal to which the con centric capstan is applied, showing also in part the means for driving the capstan. .-Fig.

Figs. 5 and 6 represent, respec-' In the lower part of said framing are arranged the bearings O for the shaft G, which is parallel with the axis of the flier and which carries the pulley D for driving the flier, the pulley E for driving. the bobbin F, and a third pulley G for d rivin g the concentric capstan H of the'flier. I The said shaft 0 also carries the endless screw I, which, through an upright shaft J and bevel-gears c c and d cl, drives the traverse-screw K, by which the bobbin-carriage F. is operated to produce the reciprocating longitudinal movement of the bobbin F within the flier.

The parts above referred to, except the concentric capstan Hand its driving-pulley G, are all such as may be found in known niachines of the jenny typeand are only repre-. sented and herein described to facilitate the practical application of the invention, which wwill now be described in detail with reference to Figs. 2, 3, 5i, 5, and 6.

The flier-journal (designated as a whole by 4 the letterB') is made of two pieces 79 and b. Ofthese the piece b,in1mediately connected with the head .of the flier andfitted to the journal-boxes a and which is hollow through- V out, has fast upon it the pulley D, through which, the flier is driven by a belt D? from the pulley D on the shaftO. The other piece I)", which may be called the extensionpiece and is a mere prolongation of b, has

an eye 10 in its outer end'and is provided at its inner end with a socket 7-, which is bored centrally to i receive the terminal portion of the piece 1), onto which the said socket is tightly driven, so that b and b are practically one piece, their separate construction being merely for convenience. of applying the capstan Hand its driving mechanism. The capstan H, concentric with the flier, isfitted to turn freely on v the extension-piece 19, but is confined lengthwise thereon between 'a solid shoulder 8 on said piece and a'collar O, which is fitted tightly on said piece and secured firmly thereon by a set-screw e. Between the inner end of the extension-piece andashoulder 9 on the piece b there is loosely fitted to theflier-journal a pulley G, which receives motion through a belt G from 'thepulleyG on the shaft 0, and on or fastened to the said pulley is a bevel-gear L, which is geared through a loose intermediate bevel-gear M,

7 eye 11 in the end of the said journal.

socket 7 ofihe extension-piece carries two 2 ee'aovi carried by the flier-journal 'B, with a bevelgear-N, fast on the capstan. Said bevel-gear Mis fitted to turn freely on a pivot f, which projects outward from the flier-journal radially thereto. In the example represented this pivot consists of the shank of a set-screw f, which is screwed through the side of the socket 7 of the extensiompiece b and made to bite on the'part I) of the journal for securing b and I) together. Thebevel-gears being all of one size, the capstan is caused to rotate at the same speed as the pulley D, but in the opposite direction. and DD are soproportioned that the pulley D rotates faster than G, which is thus caused, through the gears L M N, to drive the capstan slower than the flier and in the opposite di rection.

The collar 0 before mentioned carries'two light gnidesheaves 9, either of which serves to guide to the capstan the twine 12 or material which is being spun or twisted andwhich' passes into the flier-journal B through the The similar sheaves h, either of which serves to guide the twine or spun or twisted material to the flier B. The flier-journal is represented as having a counterbalance M" applied to it opposite thebevel-gear M.

Firmly secured to the collar 0, which, as will be understood, is virtually a part of the flier journal, there is a spiral guide P, which loosely but closely surrounds the capstan and rotates independently thereof with the flier. The sides of the capstan are straightthat is, without the grooves common to flier-capstans in common use. This guide P is represented as an open-sided coil of wire with the spaces between its coils Wide enough for the passage of the twine or material, which is coiled several times around the capstan and which by the rotation of the capstan independently of the flier is wound upon the capstan and so drawn into the flierjournal and over the sheave g, While said guide by its rotation with the flier independently of the capstan pushes said material on- The pulleys G G of the flier to be thereby wound upon the bobbin.

. The capstan, arranged concentric with the bobbin according to this invention, is subject to the minimum of centrifugal force in its rotation, and consequently the least possible wear, which is of very great importance in.

fliers which run ata very high speed. "What I claim as my invention is l. The combination with a flier audits journal and a capstan fitted loosely on said journal, of meansfor driving said fiierand capstan independently ofeach other at different speeds, and a spiral guide consisting of an open-sided coil carried by the flier and encircling the capstan, substantially as herein described.

2. The combination witha flier and its journal and a capstan fitted loosely on said journal, of means for driving the flier, a gear fitted tothe flier-journal to turn thereon inde pendently thereof and means for driving said gear, a gear fast to the capstan, a pivot projecting fromthe flier-journal radially thereto, and an intermediate gear turning freely on said pivot and gearing with said gears on the flienjournal and capstan, substantially as, and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. The combination of the flier-journal made of two partsb b one of which isprovided with a socket 7 to receive and hold the end of the other which is provided with a shoulder 9, a capstan and attached gear N fitted to turn on said part b, a pulley and attached gear L fitted to turn on said part 1) between its shoulder 9 and the end of said socket 7, and an intermediate loose gear M carried by said part b and engaging with the gears M N; all substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 15th day of July, 1898.

JOHN GOOD.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, EDWARD VIESER.

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